Record device



March 4, 1930. c so v 1,749,208

RECORD DEVICE Original Filed ly 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 4, 1930. CARLSQN 1,749,208

RECORD DEVICE Original Filed July 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

fill/jaun i l Patented Mar. 4,19 3!) messes r STATES P E OFFICE EDweRnoARLsoN, 0F- BUFFALO, NEW; YORK, ssIGnoRjBY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

. T0 REMINGTONRANDIINO.,',OF nnwiyonx, N. Y., A oonrona'rron OF DELAWARE RECORD DEVICE i a esass ssme m a, 1924 Serial no. 724,061; Divided and this application filed December i V 30,1925, Serial No. 78,355.

I This'. invention" relates to card index or recordf devices 7 comprising index or record cabi ets and trays or slides therefor. f H

. The inventionis particularly applicable to r Sthat type of cabinetin which there is provided, a plurality. of, movable horizontal I slides ortrays adapted to support a series of g card s or other record bearing membersv dis- 'Tposed flatwise in overlapping nested relation. "1 The series offcards areengaged at one end of thetray'iby. 'a movable followerplateawhich compresses the, nested cards and forces them qag'ainst aback'stoporwall attheotherend of i 'theftray.j v i t i v 1 5.), In certain of these devices, the trays or 1 slides have been provided at one end with w hinged tail pieces having fixed hooks orpro- .ijections adapted jtofengag'e complementary hooks or projections on parts of the cabinet,

1 'whereby when the traysiare partially with t drawnfrom the cabine't,,the trays Willbe'sus' pended in depending positions at the front I of thefcabinetby the engagement of the tray hooks with said projections on the cabinet.

3-257 i The present application isa division of my copending application for Letters Patent, sensin 7%,061, filed Jul s, 1924. I i

' The objects of the present"invention are to provide in'a card index deviceof thecharacter i 30 described, improved and simplified means ,gfo r. suspending the trays or slides at the front 7 i y of the cabinet when withdrawntherefrom, so

as to do away with the relatively expensive 7 ghi'ngedtailfpiecesheretofore used; also to I 85, construct the tray-suspendingmeans sothat when the tray is' inj theicabinet, Saidmeans willbe' partially concealed within the tray,

' and willflforina support .for therear endiof @j'helid ontofenga, ;e nent with the supporting partition or shelfofthecabinet; alsoto con- Oii'the cabinet so asto be extendedout ofthe trayand supportand' releasably hold the tray I in. connect ion with' thel cabinet as the tray moves from the horizontal to 'lts' dep'endmg,

" substantially vertical position; also topro vide'a tray having {an improved and strong thereof, on-line 6- -6, Fig. 7.

v Referring to Fig. 4' ofthe drawings, 15

the, tray, such'that the tray bottom will'be,

rear wall construction adapted to house the movable; hooks or tray-suspension means, and also to improve record devices of this kind in the other respects hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

1 Fig.1 is a plan view, partly broken away,

oftheimproved index bearing tray or slide and the improved tray-suspending means embodying the invention. r

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, longitudinal, sec: tional elevation thereof, on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the rear end of the tray or slide;-

Fig. 4c is a fragmentary, longitudinal section of a cab net constructed to house the 1mprovedtraysand support them in the inner and outer positions,showing oneof the trays in suspended position.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view, partly in section, of the rear end of one of the trays on an enlarged scale.

Fig, 6 is a fragmentary, transverse section Fig. 7 isja fragmentary, longitudinal sec-l 75 tion thereof, on line 7- 7, Fig. 6.

,Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the. tray-suspending hooks, detached,

F ig.-9 is a horizontal section, on line 99, Fig. e so designates a cabinet having horizontal shelves or partitions 16, so spaced that each shelf sup ports atray or slide 17 movable in and out of the cabinet. Each trayf carries a series of index cards A arranged in overlapping, nested arrangement disposed substantially flatwise ,on the'bottoin' wall 18 of the tray.

V Each tray. 17, see Fig. 2, is preferably provided with av rear stop portion 22 or end all, against which an end card of the series abuts, the cards being pressed towards this wall and maintained in the overlapping, nested relation by a follower or compressor member 23 of an suitable kind, Figs. 1 and 2, which en-' gages theopposite or front end of the card series. The trayis further provided with side walls 19 having overhanging. longitudi- "nalflanges 20 spaced from the bottom'18 of the" tray and adapted to engage tongues or ice projections 21 on the cards to releasably f maintain them in connection with and guide them in their longitudinal movements on the tray. The front ends of the walls 19 are connected by a transverse front wall 24, apertured at 25 to enable the tray tobe moved into and out of the cabinet. p ,7

Thegeneral organization of the cabinet and trays 17 above described iswell known in the art, and of itself forms no part of the.

present invention except as hereinafter "pointed out and claimed. v

I The'bodv of the tray 17 is preferably'of substantially rigid construction, and in accordance with the invention, means are provided for releasablysuspending the tray outside of the 'cabinet l5, so that the cards can "be readily worked upon. .These means per mit the tray to project a sufficient distance outside of the'cabinet to hangsubst antially vertically, and at the same time to remain connected to thecabinet, and are so constructed as to take up very little room when the tray is in' the cabinet. e, Y I V; For this purpose, the tray is provided with i one or more extensible or movable hooks 36, (two beingshown 1n the-draw1ngs),wh1ch --areadapted to'engage suitable hookedor flangetl adapted to be spot Welded or otherwise secured to the tray bottom 18. The holprojecting parts 37 .on the shelf. These hooks comprise upright body portions 38 and offset hooked lower ends 39, and the hooks are preferably adaptedto be loosely-confined in the rear stops or end wall 22 of-the tray. with.

the hook portions 39projecting out through apertures 40 inthe tray bottom, facing forwardly, see Figs. '6 and 7. The rear wall 22 is preferably formed ofa sheet metal stamping bent up as shown in Fig. 2 and having a low, upright portion of'the. wallv "extends across the tray and'issecured tothe ends of the side walls 19, The apertures 40 can-be conveniently formed by 'notching out the rear edge of thetray. bottom 18 and then closing the opensides of the notches by means V of the bottom edge of the back 'portion of the tion' the bottoms or hooked ends 39 thereof at a short distance belowthe tray bottom, so

hollow rear wall 22, seeFigs. 7 and 9.

The height of the rear wall is suchthat the top connecting portionthereof will engage the top edgeof the hooks 36 so s to posifthat these portions 39 support the rear part of the tray outof contact with the partition 16, immediately-belowthe tray, while the front part of the tray rests onthe hooked part 37 of the: partition whichextends upwardlyand not *only: provides a rest for the front end of the tray'w'hen in the cabinet, but also supports the tray body in its sliding movements, and when. the tray is pulled out, thehooks 36 engage the hooked parts 37 and are partially withdrawn from the tray as shown in Fig.4, thus permitting scribed. j

In such position, th

and removed from the cabinet by'lifting it upwardly. and, disengaging the cooperating e Y the tray to be ,releasably suspended as dey aybe detached 7 r hooks. The hooks are preferably formed 'with' offset shoulders or stops 43 which engage the tray bottomand prevent the hooks from being disconnected from thetray? I By this construction, substantialsupportwithin the, trays, as shown. 7

I claimas my invention z- 1 1. In a record device, the combination with a slide'supportanda slide movable into and out of'said slide support, said slide hav-" ing a substantially'rigid body portion, of

a hollow end wall on said slide, a hookshift ably connected to said body portion andhaving a portion thereof movably, supported within said hollow wall, aparton said slide support adapted to engage said hook as said slide iswithdrawnflfrom"said' support to r I leasably. connect said slide to said support,

andfsaid hook, being adapted to shift assaid slide'is withdrawn to project a greater'dis f tancev out of said hollow wall to permit said slide to be suspended bysaid hookand said hook-engaging partoutside of said support-Qv "2. In arecord device, the combination with; a; slide support anda slidemovable into and: out. of said slide support, said slide having asubstantially rigid bodyportiomofia hol- T low end wall onsaid slide, a hook shifta blyii connected to said body portion and having a portion. thereof m ovably supported within j p p I i 5 said hollow wall, a part on said hollow wall forxlimiting the upward movement .of the hook, a part on saidslide support adapted to 7i engage said hookas saidslideiswithdrawn from said "supportto releasably connectsaid slide to saidsupport, said hook being adapted y to shiftas said slide is withdrawn to project I a greater, distance out of saidhollow wall to. permit said slide to be suspended by said hook. and said hook-engaging Jpart'foutside of said. support, and said hook Thavinga stop engageableiw'ith a part of said tray bodv for'f limiting its outward movement in' said hollow wall. 1 r

a slide supportand arecordibearing slide adapted to'be supported at one lend byjsaid hook member andintermediate the ends of y said slide by said support hook when said slide is moved into and out of'said'supporh said hook, member being adapted to engage 5 ing means are provided for suspending the trays outside ofthe cabinet, which means 7 e nevertheless occupy but little space in the I I cabinet byreason'of their -ability toslide v I so said s'upport hook the extreme outerposia N tion of said slide so as to detacha-bly connect said slide to said support and permit said 1 to permit thefree end of said slide member toldrop below the plane of support. p I :5. In a recorddevice, the combination with slide-to swing downwardly relatively to said a t pp t I p A" 1 I 4;. In arecord devic e, the combination with a slide support, and a substantially rigid slide member movable into and out of said a "support, of an eleinentmovably lnounted'on said slide member havin ga hook portion on one end,'and a partfixed on said slide sup port for cooperation with vthe'hook portion of said element to support said slide member in'eXtended position out ofsaid support, said hook portion being movable away from said slide'inember in the extended position thereof a cabinet provided with a'plurality of slide membersformed to support a series of record devices in predeterminedarrangement therei on, said slide members being longitudinally movable into and outof said cabinet,of hook members having shanks "with hooks on one 1 end, the opposite ends of said shanks being slidablelaterally in guideways formedin said j slide'membergand eooperatingo parts on said cabinet for engaging said hooksand eXtendi ing said shanks from said slide members when ,the'slidemembers are pulled out of said cab- "inejt, said shanks beingadapted to slide in saidguideways to'anunextended position to locc'upy a minimum of space in thecabinet {5 35 when the slide members'are returned to the cabinet.

I a slide support and a slide movable into and out of said slide'support, of a hook member fformed of a shank having a hook on one end,

.6. In arecord devie'e, the combination with 1 theopposite end of saidsshank being slidable laterally in said slide and extensible tl1ere-' from, and a part on saidslide support for engaging said hook as said slide is withdrawn fromfsaid support and to maintain said slide ,spaced apart from saidosupport saidshank 7 being adapted toslide into extended position J as th lideis withdrawn from' said support 1 -whereby said slide maybe suspended by said.

' "501] slidesupport,substantiallyvertically outside of said slide support;

hook member and the engaging parton said WARD, oA LsoN. 

